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YOUR WASHINGTON AND YOU VOLUME X NUMBER 15
Weekly News Letter
From Office of Karl Mundt For Release April 21 or after
THE BATTLE ON BUTTER. Next week it seems likely that the long battle of oleo vs butter
will switch from the House to the Senate. Failing in their efforts to get the House
Agricultural Committee to report out a bill repealing the oleomargarine Federal tax,
city Congressmen resorted to the "smoke-out petition" and secured the required 218
signatures to bring the bill to the House Floor.
While the vote is scheduled for April 26, the outcome is virtually certain since
over one half of the House membership signed the petition. If the oleo tax repeal
legislation passes the House as predicted on April 26, the Senate is likely to kill the
bill by pigeonholing it or "referring it for further Committee study". Reason: there
are no city Senators since every Senator has at least some butter-producing constituents
and many of them have important dairying groups in their states. The Southern bloc is
expected to vote against butter and for oleo but there seems to be a 50-50 chance or
better that the butter-protecting tax on oleo will weather the present attacks and not
be repealed before Congress adjourns. -o-
WAGES OF WAITING ARE WAR. Washington's outstanding observer and reporter is universally conceded to be W. M. Kiplinger, author of the famed weekly Kiplinger Washington
Letter. Recently, Mr. Kiplinger said, "The way to postpone war, according to present
policy of the United States, is to build military strength in hope this will frighten
off the enemy. The MOST expected from this policy, by realists, is POSTPONEMENT.
Meanwhile, during the postponement period, it's barely possible that diplomacy can do
something with negotiation, compromise, politics. Hasn't worked so far .. the United
Nations is hopelessly mired down, will not pull out. Some other World group may
succeed it ... and some OTHER WAY may be found. IF IT IS NOT FOUND, THIS NATION IS
HEADED TOWARD WAR ... SOMETIME."
Those are blunt, disturbing words from Mr. Kiplinger whose knowledge of Washington
is unexcelled and whose predictions have an unequaled record for accuracy.
As surely as it is true that "the wages of sin are death", it is indicated that
the wages of WAITING are WAR!
Many in Congress are resolved to wait no longer while Communist Russia fattens
herself with the spoils of free countries; extends her infiltration deeper and deeper
into other countries; endeavors to capture or control the productive capacity and the
manpower she requires to wage war successfully against the USA and the free world.
Last week, this column reported that Congressman Mundt and seven colleagues in the House
had joined in the introduction of legislation calling for ACTION BY THE WHITE HOUSE to
bring the member nations of the UN together under article 51 of the Charter for the
purpose of revamping the rules of procedure and eliminating the deficiencies which have
prevented that organization from fulfilling the World's hopes for peace.
Considerable nation-wide interest has been stirred up by this group action in the
House. (Mundt's resolution is House Concurrent Resolution 166, introduced on March 16...
a copy will be sent to anybody requesting it from this office). The move to DO SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR PEACE received new impetus last week when 17 Senators from 15 different States joined in bi-partisan action by introducing the same resolution in the
Senate. This puts 25 Senators and Representatives behind the same effort and each is
dedicated to discussing the proposal on and off the floor in an effort to develop
public sentiment to the point where results will be obtained.
Today, Russia and her Communist satellites LACK many essentials and much of the
territory required to wage a successful war. It is the hope of these 25 in Congress
that before waiting for her to get strong enough to challenge the free world the
non-Communist countries can develop machinery for cooperation which will preserve the
peace by organizing the power on the side of those who desire peace and then inviting
the Russians either to "sign up or sign off"... in either alternative the Communist
power to wreck the peace or weaken the UN will have been curtailed by such action. -o-
FARM BULLETINS NOW AVAILABLE. The annual mailing of the Farm Bulletin order lists has
again been mailed to all post office and rural route mail patrons of the First Congressional District. Each order blank entitles its recipient to select up to five farm bulletins or government information leaflets which will be sent free of charge from
this office.
If any who read this column failed to receive these order blanks, a postcard
addressed to Congressman Karl Mundt in Washington will bring you one by return mail.
Each year we receive some order blanks, however, on which the NAME or the ADDRESS of
the sender fails to appear. This distresses us and means disappointment for you.
Please be sure when ordering your farmers bulletins to PRINT YOUR NAME and to attach
your mailing address. It will keep us all happier.
-o-
NATIONAL HIGHWAY BILL. Last week, the House approved legislation providing $500,000,000
annually for State matching in the construction of highways. A new formula was
approved which places emphasis on farm-to-market roads and gives the State's more
latitude in meeting the date-lines with their dollar matching programs. Action on
super-highways from coast to coast was deferred (wisely) until farm to market roads are
completed.

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YOUR WASHINGTON AND YOU VOLUME X NUMBER 15
Weekly News Letter
From Office of Karl Mundt For Release April 21 or after
THE BATTLE ON BUTTER. Next week it seems likely that the long battle of oleo vs butter
will switch from the House to the Senate. Failing in their efforts to get the House
Agricultural Committee to report out a bill repealing the oleomargarine Federal tax,
city Congressmen resorted to the "smoke-out petition" and secured the required 218
signatures to bring the bill to the House Floor.
While the vote is scheduled for April 26, the outcome is virtually certain since
over one half of the House membership signed the petition. If the oleo tax repeal
legislation passes the House as predicted on April 26, the Senate is likely to kill the
bill by pigeonholing it or "referring it for further Committee study". Reason: there
are no city Senators since every Senator has at least some butter-producing constituents
and many of them have important dairying groups in their states. The Southern bloc is
expected to vote against butter and for oleo but there seems to be a 50-50 chance or
better that the butter-protecting tax on oleo will weather the present attacks and not
be repealed before Congress adjourns. -o-
WAGES OF WAITING ARE WAR. Washington's outstanding observer and reporter is universally conceded to be W. M. Kiplinger, author of the famed weekly Kiplinger Washington
Letter. Recently, Mr. Kiplinger said, "The way to postpone war, according to present
policy of the United States, is to build military strength in hope this will frighten
off the enemy. The MOST expected from this policy, by realists, is POSTPONEMENT.
Meanwhile, during the postponement period, it's barely possible that diplomacy can do
something with negotiation, compromise, politics. Hasn't worked so far .. the United
Nations is hopelessly mired down, will not pull out. Some other World group may
succeed it ... and some OTHER WAY may be found. IF IT IS NOT FOUND, THIS NATION IS
HEADED TOWARD WAR ... SOMETIME."
Those are blunt, disturbing words from Mr. Kiplinger whose knowledge of Washington
is unexcelled and whose predictions have an unequaled record for accuracy.
As surely as it is true that "the wages of sin are death", it is indicated that
the wages of WAITING are WAR!
Many in Congress are resolved to wait no longer while Communist Russia fattens
herself with the spoils of free countries; extends her infiltration deeper and deeper
into other countries; endeavors to capture or control the productive capacity and the
manpower she requires to wage war successfully against the USA and the free world.
Last week, this column reported that Congressman Mundt and seven colleagues in the House
had joined in the introduction of legislation calling for ACTION BY THE WHITE HOUSE to
bring the member nations of the UN together under article 51 of the Charter for the
purpose of revamping the rules of procedure and eliminating the deficiencies which have
prevented that organization from fulfilling the World's hopes for peace.
Considerable nation-wide interest has been stirred up by this group action in the
House. (Mundt's resolution is House Concurrent Resolution 166, introduced on March 16...
a copy will be sent to anybody requesting it from this office). The move to DO SOMETHING POSITIVE FOR PEACE received new impetus last week when 17 Senators from 15 different States joined in bi-partisan action by introducing the same resolution in the
Senate. This puts 25 Senators and Representatives behind the same effort and each is
dedicated to discussing the proposal on and off the floor in an effort to develop
public sentiment to the point where results will be obtained.
Today, Russia and her Communist satellites LACK many essentials and much of the
territory required to wage a successful war. It is the hope of these 25 in Congress
that before waiting for her to get strong enough to challenge the free world the
non-Communist countries can develop machinery for cooperation which will preserve the
peace by organizing the power on the side of those who desire peace and then inviting
the Russians either to "sign up or sign off"... in either alternative the Communist
power to wreck the peace or weaken the UN will have been curtailed by such action. -o-
FARM BULLETINS NOW AVAILABLE. The annual mailing of the Farm Bulletin order lists has
again been mailed to all post office and rural route mail patrons of the First Congressional District. Each order blank entitles its recipient to select up to five farm bulletins or government information leaflets which will be sent free of charge from
this office.
If any who read this column failed to receive these order blanks, a postcard
addressed to Congressman Karl Mundt in Washington will bring you one by return mail.
Each year we receive some order blanks, however, on which the NAME or the ADDRESS of
the sender fails to appear. This distresses us and means disappointment for you.
Please be sure when ordering your farmers bulletins to PRINT YOUR NAME and to attach
your mailing address. It will keep us all happier.
-o-
NATIONAL HIGHWAY BILL. Last week, the House approved legislation providing $500,000,000
annually for State matching in the construction of highways. A new formula was
approved which places emphasis on farm-to-market roads and gives the State's more
latitude in meeting the date-lines with their dollar matching programs. Action on
super-highways from coast to coast was deferred (wisely) until farm to market roads are
completed.